Seattle, Wakinekona – ʻO ka Hale Keʻena ʻo Lakeview ma Kirkland, Wakinekona ma Kirkland, Wash., ʻo ia ka hoʻomohala keʻena lāʻau nui mua ma Kirkland a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e lilo i hale keʻena hoʻomau "e kūkākūkā pū ana me ke kahakai o Kirkland, ka ʻāpana kalepa, a me ke kaiāulu noho e pili ana," e like me ka LMN Architects.

Hōʻike ka hale he 46,000 kapuaʻi kuea i nā ʻāpana lāʻau nui i hana mua ʻia i hoʻopili ʻia ma kahi. ʻOkoʻa nā kaupaku SPF Dowel Laminated Timber (DLT) me nā kaola Douglas Fir Glulam a hoʻohanohano i nā ululāʻau o ka ʻāina.

He kumu hoʻohālike ka hale no ka hoʻolālā hoʻomau, e hoʻohana ana i ka lāʻau nui e hoʻopaʻa ana i ke kalapona me nā mea maka i lawe ʻia mai nā ululāʻau o ka Pākīpika Komohana ʻĀkau. ʻO nā panela papahele a me nā papa hale he mau panela DLT i hana mua ʻia. Ua hana ʻia nā panela me nā dowels lāʻau paʻa ma kahi o ke kāpili, a ʻo ko lākou ʻano lāʻau āpau e hoʻomau ai a kūpono hoʻi no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea a me ka ʻoluʻolu.

ʻŌlelo ʻo Gerald Epp Jr., ʻenekinia hoʻomohala ʻoihana, StructureCraft: "Ua ʻenekinia ʻia a hana ʻia nā ʻāpana lāʻau nui a pau ma waho o ka pūnaewele ma ke ʻano he pahu o nā ʻāpana. ʻAʻole wale kēia i hoʻolaha i ka palekana a me ka maikaʻi me ka hapa nui o ka hana e hana ʻia ana ma kahi hale kūʻai i kāohi ʻia, akā ua kōkua pū i ke kūkulu wikiwiki ʻana ma kahi. ʻO ke kaiapuni aesthetic mahana a me ka biophilic o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka lāʻau i hōʻike ʻia e hoʻoikaika nei i nā mea hoʻomohala a me nā mea nona ka hale ma Wakinekona a ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau e hoʻohana iā ia i kā lākou hoʻomohala kalepa e hiki mai ana."

ʻŌlelo ʻo John Chau, Hoa, LMN Architects: "Hōʻike ka Hale Keʻena ʻo Lakeview i ko mākou kūpaʻa i ka hana hou, ka noiʻi a me ke kūpaʻa. Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka hoʻolālā o ka hale e nā koi o kēia wā o kahi hale keʻena hou hoʻomau, ke ʻano a puni ka pūnaewele, a me ko mākou hoihoi i ka hana hou. ʻO ka hana pū ʻana me HEWITT ma ka hale noho, a me Sierra Construction, StructureCraft lāua ʻo Coughlin Porter Lundeen ma ka hale lāʻau nui he mea uku nui ia a haʻaheo loa mākou i kā mākou i hoʻokō ai me Cascade Management."